Claire Robinson

Claire Robinson

Managing Editor

Claire Robinson is a longtime news editor at AOL. A former reporter and copy chief, she holds a Jesse H. Neal award for previous work in trade journalism.

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Daylight Saving Time: All Together, Now

posted:  59 days 14 hours ago

At 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, time falls back an hour throughout the U.S. -- except in Hawaii and most of Arizona. (Oct. 29) -- The hour we gain each fall is upon us. Whether you delight in the bonus or ...

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9/11 Defendants Want to Air Views at Trial

posted:  34 days 16 hours ago

NEW YORK (Nov. 23) -- The five men facing trial in the Sept. 11 attacks will plead not guilty so that they can air their criticisms of U.S. foreign policy, the lawyer for one of the defendants sai ...

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The Point: Obama Has Little to Show From His Trip to Asia

posted:  34 days 17 hours ago

(Nov. 19) -- President Obama returns from his four-nation tour of Asia with few concrete accomplishments in hand. Even so, the White House defended the trip as an important step toward changing Ameri ...

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Mine Pollutes Water With Uranium

posted:  36 days 3 hours ago

YERINGTON, Nev. (Nov. 12) -- Peggy Pauly lives in a robin-egg blue, two-story house not far from acres of onion fields that make the northern Nevada air smell sweet at harvest time. But she can look ...

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Wrongfully Convicted Man Wins Freedom

posted:  36 days 4 hours ago

NEW YORK (Nov. 21) - A prison system official says a New York City man is free after spending nearly two decades behind bars for murder before a judge declared him innocent. Fernando Bermudez was rel ...

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Court: Teacher Can't Bring Gun to School

posted:  36 days 4 hours ago

MEDFORD, Ore. (Nov. 21) - The Oregon Court of Appeals has rejected a request by a high school English teacher to carry a handgun at school, the latest legal setback for the teacher who says she needs ...

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USPS Gives In to North Pole 'Elves'

posted:  36 days 4 hours ago

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Nov. 21) - Wide-eyed children around the world will be hearing from Santa's "elves" at the North Pole after all. rrDuring Christmas seasons for decades, these dedicated elves respo ...

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Military Will Hold Fort Hood Suspect

posted:  36 days 4 hours ago

rSAN ANTONIO (Nov. 21) -- The Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people at Fort Hood will be confined until his military trial, initially staying in a hospital where he is recovering from guns ...

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PPentagon Report Warns of 'Technological Surprise'

posted:  39 days 14 hours ago

(Nov. 17) -- An area of science long rejected by the mainstream scientific community has caught the eye of a U.S. intelligence agency, which is now warning of the possibility of a new type of weapon ...

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AOL Obama Visits Great Wall of China

posted:  39 days 14 hours ago

BEIJING (Nov. 18) -- President Barack Obama absorbed history's expanse Wednesday from atop the Great Wall of China, a manmade wonder of such enormity that Obama found himself putting daily life in pe ...

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